Aggies advance to super regional at Florida State

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M is headed to a super regional for the first time in three years.
The Aggies defeated Arizona 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon in the title game of the College Station regional of the NCAA tournament.
“You couldn’t ask for anything more from either team,” A&M coach Rob Childress said.
With two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the eighth, Tyler Naquin doubled to left-center field. Krey Bratsen followed with an RBI single up the middle past a couple of lunging Arizona infielders, lifting A&M to a 1-0 lead.
Later in the inning, Jacob House doubled to score two more runs. The Aggies received an outstanding effort from starter Michael Wacha, who didn’t allow a run over seven innings. Nick Fleece and Ross Stripling closed out the game with scoreless eight and ninth innings, respectively.
The game was delayed from Monday because of thunderstorms that rolled through Aggieland on Monday night. The Aggies will play at Florida State in the super regional that starts on Saturday. A&M is aiming to make its first College World Series since 1999. Naquin, the Big 12’s player of the year, was named the regional’s most outstanding player.